Sioux Falls Regional Airport ~ Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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N 43° 34.821 W 096° 43.867
14T E 683185 N 4827765
Sioux Falls Regional Airport, also known as Joe Foss Field, is located at 2801 Jaycee Lane in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Waymark Code: WMGBMY
Location: South Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 02/10/2013
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From Wikipedia:
Sioux Falls Regional Airport, also known as Joe Foss Field, is a public and military use airport owned by the Sioux Falls Regional Airport Authority and located three nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Named in honor of aviator Joe Foss, it serves the greater Sioux Falls area, as well as communities throughout eastern South Dakota, southwestern Minnesota and northwestern Iowa.
This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport since it has over 10,000 passenger boardings (enplanements) per year. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 423,288 enplanements in calendar year 2011, an increase of 18.92% from 355,939 in 2010.
Also located here is the Joe Foss Field Air National Guard Station, home to Headquarters, South Dakota Air National Guard and its 114th Fighter Wing (114 FW), an Air Combat Command gained unit known as the "Fighting Lobos" and operating F-16C/D aircraft.
Although the South Dakota Adjutant General is based in Camp Rapid in Rapid City, South Dakota, the South Dakota Air National Guard is effectively headquartered with the 114 FW.
FSD has public Wi-Fi available provided by Midcontinent Communications.